cdrom mount error: disk is write protected enter correct file system

hi I have RHEL 4 installed on Vmware on windows host.
I am trying to mount the cdrom by issuing
mount /dev/hdc
as well as
mount /dev/cdrom
but it gives error like:
the device is write protected mounting read only and mount:you must specify the file system.
.... i have cpio files in the cdrom...i wish to install 10gApplication serv er on this machine.

how to check whether the cdrom is installed on hdc?
i tried fstab ..there /dev/hdc was mentioned in front of /media/cdrom

on vmware i created a virtual machine n installed linux on that VM. when i check hardware list of virtual machine...(Ctrl+D) it shows the cdrom and if i click there i gives me two option..1 through E: that is my cdrom drive and other option is through iso images on my harddisk. i installed linux thru iso images stored on my windows based hard drive.. (D:) Now the software of the App. Server that i wish to install (cpio) files are there on (d:) hard disk. I wish to access that. Only way i know is through mounting the cd drive and selecting iso images option box n selecting cpio files from d: drive. but i m not able to mount cd rom as it is giving this error:
the device is write protected mounting read only and mount:you must specify the file system.

i tried the command mentioned above....this is giving same error....bad fstype..bad option...write protected..etc...

The "Write Protected" message you get is correct for CD and DVD drives, and that also suggests you are using the correct /dev/hdc for it. What does your /etc/fstab show? Probably you just need to make sure that the iso9660 is correct in there (The above mount command of raven should allow you to mount it, but I'd edit the fstab file so it is correctly set. Usually you can also replace iso9660 with auto, which will give you more options.

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between the /media/cdrom and the pamconsole add some spaces, then add auto and then some more spaces. Auto should select the correct filesystem (you can also use iso9660 but auto will be able to mount others as well) after that it should work. Make sure there is no other entry for /dev/hdc inside fstab!

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